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STUDIES IN LOWLAND SCOTS
- 30. But than he, thine son, he'at fret thine substance mid harlots, cam, up-snedst-thou for him, thone fatted steer.
- 31. There-on quoth-he to him: bairnie, thou daily mid me wast, yea is, yea all that mine is thine;
- 32. Well was it incumbent (=should) to-make merry, and to-feign (=rejoice) for thine brother dead was, and has-revived, and worth fer-lost (Ger. verloren), and be-gotten (got again)
Notes to Luke XV. 11-32, Gothic Version.
- 13. Us-stiur-iba, riotously, with adv. affix -iba. The stem seems to be in M.Eng. stiren, sturen, to stir, Icel. styrr, a disturbance. O.H.G. storen, to scatter, Lat. sternere, Eng. storm, steer: steer, an ox, lit. the strong (one).
- 14. Fra-was, from wisan, to be. The prefix fra-, far-, is best seen in Eng. for-gather, forget, Sc. fer-fochen and Ger. ver-loren.
- 15. Ga-haftida, haftjan, to cleave to, Ger. heften, common in Sc., as "Throw the heft after the hatchet," or "Let the tow (rope) gang wi' the bucket." Sheep are said to be heftit (acclimatised) to a pasture.
- 16. Gairnida, from gairnjan, yearn, grin, Sc. girn.
- 17. Filu, much, many, Sc. fell, Ger. viel.
- 19. Ju, now, already, Ger. je, A.S. geo.
- 20. Hals, identical with German for neck, and common in old Scots.
- 23. Alids, fatted, from al-jan, akin to alere, to nourish.
- 25. At-iddja, past of gaggan, to go, and in Sc. gaed, M.Eng. yode.
- Laikins, from laikan, to leap for joy, O.E. laik, cf. larking.
- 26. Frahuh, pret. of fraihnan, to ask, Sc. frain, Ger. fragen.
- 28. Bad, pret. of bidjan, to pray—hence bead, bedesman—obsolete in Eng. Go. distinguishes between this and baidjan, to order, bid.
- 29. And-hafjands, pres. part, of hafjan, Eng. heave, Ger. heben.
- Skalkinoda, pret. of skalkinon, to serve as a skalks, Du. schalk, mare-schal=master of the horse.
- Frijondam, dat. pl. of frijonds=friend, Sc. freen, from frijon, to love; opp. fijan, to hate, fijands, an enemy, fiend, Sc. feint.
- 30. Fret, pret. of fra-itan, to eat up, fret, Ger. fressen.
- 31. Barnilo, dim. and familiar of barn, a bairn, from bairan, to bear, bring forth. In the Heliand, Christ is "God's bairn."
- Sinteino, from sinth, a journey, hence a time, sinthan, to go, wander, A.S. sithian: cf. since, Sc. syne in Auld Lang Syne.
Luke's Gospel—Scots Version.
Chapter XV., Verses 11-32.
11. And he saide, A man had ij sonnis: 12. And the yonngare of thame said to the fader, Fader geue me the portionn
